Neil,
In my opinion that TSM server is having disk contention problems.
At one customer, running TSM on Windows 2003 server, they perform
regular DR test restores of their TSM DB (approximately 45GB, 52% of
80GB total DB volumes), and it finishes in less than 1.5 hours. However,
this is in their
>> On Mon, 4 Feb 2008 17:32:26 +, Neil Sharp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> The majority of the restore time is spent in formatting the DB and logs.
> They are actually restoring from a fileclass backup of the TSM DB. I know
> when they told me these times I found them hard to believe as well.
On Feb 4, 2008, at 12:32 PM, Neil Sharp wrote:
Thanks Charles for responding
The majority of the restore time is spent in formatting the DB and
logs.
...
This gets back to the site decisions made as to the platform choice
for the TSM server, when management makes an informed choice as to
whic
-David Longo wrote: -
>The majority of the restore time is spent in formatting the DB and
>logs. They are actually restoring from a fileclass backup of the
>TSM DB. I know when they told me these times I found them hard to
>believe as well.
Our DR plan is similar to the one described in e
Have you thought of splitting out into Two or more TSM Servers to reduce
DB sizes? It may not be possible, but it might help.
See Ya'
Howard
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You said is a W2003 server. What are the details of it?
CPU, memory, etc. Maybe that is problem? Or is their
restore time including not just the DB restore, but
all the "prep" work, etc. involved in the restore?
DL
>>> Neil Sharp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2/4/2008 12:32 PM >>>
Thanks Charles for r
Thanks Charles for responding
The majority of the restore time is spent in formatting the DB and logs.
They are actually restoring from a fileclass backup of the TSM DB. I know
when they told me these times I found them hard to believe as well.
On 04/02/2008, Hart, Charles A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I think the first question id 45GB restored in 5Hours, that's 5 GB hour
/ 1.3MBS Second... What kind of Tape Drive are you using, is it on its
own HBA (Don't Mix Disk / Tape I/O down same path)
Sounds like you have an I/O challenge. As far as the Idea below, never
tried, but take in considerati
